Abstract Background & Aims: Patients treated through hemodialysis experience a great deal of psychological trauma that could lead to a reduction in their quality of life. Peer support groups could offer assistance to patients with similar experiences and thus enhance their quality of life. The aim of the present study is to determine the effects of peer support groups on mental health of pat...

Background & Aims: Nowadays, the quality of life and how coping and treatment of patients with an implantable cardiac defibrillator has led to concern and attempts to reduce or eliminate the problems of these patients in the people who provide health care services. This study aimed to determine the effect of nurse-peer-led support intervention on quality of life in patients with an implantable ...

Introduction: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common chronic diseases of the central nervous system which causes mental disorders including anxiety in patients. Since the peer group can better communicate with their counterparts and encourage them to choose appropriate healthy behaviors, this study was designed to examine the impact of peer educational program on anxiety of multiple ...

Introduction: Peer education can be a useful adjunctive method for clinical skills training. This study was performed to evaluate the effect of peer education on practical skill training of dental students in restorative preclinic. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study which was performed in years 2009-10, all 34 dental students of Tabriz School of Dentistry (admission year:2006), who enro...